UK News – Page 214
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NewsScreen Awards postponed to 2021
Screen Awards ceremony had been due to take place on November 26.
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NewsBFI Distribution acquires ‘Mogul Mowgli’ starring Riz Ahmed for UK and Ireland
Music drama will receive a theatrical release this autumn.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest reveals virtual line-up; opening with ‘Alone’ (exclusive)
More than 20 features and four world premieres selected for genre film festival.
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NewsUK tax relief: High-end TV closes the gap on film in 2019-2020
785 claims, representing 740 films, were made during 2019-2020 according to HMRC.
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NewsAmazon sets up $6m fund to support European production community
First donations are £1m to UK’s Film and TV Charity, £500,000 to Theatre Community Fund.
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NewsMaven secures backing for move into TV from UK Creative Content Fund
Production company was founded by Celine Rattray (‘The Kids Are Alright’) and Trudie Styler (‘American Honey’).
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NewsUK and Canada launch £300,000 immersive storytelling fund
The fund will support UK and Canadian artists working in VR, AR, and MR.
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News‘Days Of The Bagnold Summer’ to open Dinard Film Festival
Festival adds ‘Quiz’ series with Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford.
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News‘Unhinged’ holds top spot as UK-Ireland box office slips back
Top five titles grossed 20 percent less than last week.
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News‘End of the F***ing World’ producer in Bafta TV award row
Dominic Buchanan ‘devastated’ at refusal to send him a trophy.
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NewsFrance, US, Russia, among 2020 GSA Bafta student film awards winners
Special jury prize awarded to Laura Zéphirin for Making Waves.
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News‘Mangrove’: first trailer for Steve McQueen’s Cannes ‘Small Axe’ title
Sunday August 9 marks 50th anniversary of Mangrove protest.
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NewsThe films opening around the world this weekend: ‘An American Pickle’, ‘Irresistible’, ‘High Life’
Other openers include ‘Perfect 10’ in the UK and Paramount’s horror ‘Body Cam’ in Germany.
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NewsModern Films acquires Hilma Af Klint, Molly Ivins docs for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
‘Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint’ and ‘Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins’ are set for release in October.
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News“Hugely disappointing”: UK Cinema Association blasts Disney’s ‘Mulan’ decision
The exhibition community is up in arms over Disney’s decision to release Mulan on PVoD in multiple markets.
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NewsLockdown leads to surge in streaming in the UK
An estimated 12 million people have signed up to a new video streaming service during the virus crisis.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office gains momentum as more cinemas reopen
Takings rose 30% on previous weekend as more than a third of all cinemas are now open.
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NewsBFI begins search for new chair to replace outgoing Josh Berger (exclusive)
Berger has served the maximum ten-year term permissible as a governor and chair under the BFI Royal Charter.
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NewsPhyllida Lloyd’s ‘Herself’ secures UK theatrical release date
Post-lockdown release date set for Sundance drama.